WSJ Makes Change
To NYSE Benchmark

a Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter

Updated March 28, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

NEW YORK -- The Wall Street Journal is changing its benchmark for New York Stock Exchange trading activity.

Effective today, the Journal will note the composite NYSE volume, rather than the NYSE-only, or "primary," volume, in its tables and market summaries. Thus, the volume figure will appear higher because it will include trading in NYSE stocks that is done on other exchanges and trading venues, not just on the NYSE...